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Folio from an unidentified text
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Sarlawh; recto: text
Base of waterpipe
Habib al-siyar (Beloved of virtues) by Ghiyath al-Din b. Humam al-Din Muhammad Khwandamir (d. circa. 1534-37), Volume 3
Folio from a Divan (Collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); A scene in a tavern
Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: The Caliph Mansur and Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq; recto: The Story of Imam Ja'far al-Sadeq
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: The prophet watches Ali behead a foe; recto: illuminated text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); verso: The Angel of Death (Israel) slays Shaddad; recto: text
A prince and princess embrace
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami; recto: text; verso: text: The twelfth discourse: on the lamentation of fortune
Plate
Young Prince
Composite album folio, Dancing sufis; Cluster of primrose, calligraphic panels
Left (b): standing Mughal; right (a): seated figure
The Mashhad pilgrim
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492)
Plate
Mathnavi-ye ma'navi (Rhyming couplets of profound spriritual meaning) by Rumi (d.1273)
Bahram Gur wins the crown, from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi
Left (a):old man with spectacles; right (b): portrait of painter Shafi' al-'Abbasi
The Polo player
Horseman with dead body of enemy
Composite of three figure sketches
Rustam and warrior
Fragmentary plaque
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami ( d. 1209)
Large plate
Ascension of Solomon
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (died 1492)
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: inscriptions and seals; verso: Solomon enthroned, right-hand half of a double-page
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); recto: The Battle against the Byzantines for Aleppo; verso: text: Muslim army in Damascus, Ilea, and Jordan
Composite page of calligraphy; recto, calligraphic panel, two couplets from the Divan of Amir Khusraw Dihlavi with side calligraphic panels; verso, verses from the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi
Folio from an unidentified text; verso: Man offering fruit and flower; recto: illuminated text
Book cover, original cover of the manuscript accessioned as: S1986.55.1, Yusuf-u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: Sarlawh and text; recto: blank
Kulliyat (Complete works) by Sa'di (d.1291)
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); illuminated text; reverse: text
Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar Tabrizi (d. circa 1390)
Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Bahram Gur hunts with Azada; verso: text, Bahram Gur's letter to Manzar-i Arab, Response of Manzar-i Arab to Bahram Gur's letter
Folio from a Tuhfat al-Ahrar (Gift of the free) by Jami (d. 1492); Sarlawh and text
Album page: The Garden of Heavenly Creatures
Youth Reading
Lovers
Man with cat
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; recto: text, Faridun captures Zahhak; verso: Faridun strikes Zahhak with the ox-headed mace
Lamentation over the dead body of Christ
Page of calligraphy
Dish
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